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Fixed a bug that prevented searching directories that ended with one of the Java archive extensions (.jar, .ear, .war, etc.). Thanks to Narasimhan Balasubramanian (narsibvl_2006@yahoo.com) for help with this.

Added the ability to find .class files too.

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I noticed a bug on the webpage on how to use it. The sample command says "java -classpath lib/classfinder.jar ...", but to run it you need to use the -jar option (or specify the class to run from the jar file): "java -jar lib/classfinder.jar ...".

I also noticed that SomeClassName doesn't have to be the full class name, and doesn't need to specify the package it belongs to, so its just used as a pattern to search for. And to be able to search for a class foo.bar.Hello, you have to write it as foo/bar/Hello. I couldn't find that information on the webpage.

A nice feature would be an option so you can use . instead of / when you search for a class.

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The traditional use of this application is to find a class file that you know exists in some jar file somewhere but you're not sure where.

Full source code and ant build files are include in the distributions.

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